Category: homesteading
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Home again, Home again, Jiggedy Jig
Back to the farm, the animals and ordinary old gardening and housework. Why is it that a drill always appears on the table when I am gone. Boo will not let me out of his sight now that I am home. He has picked up a few bad habits while you and I were not…
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Now, what is going to happen today?!
Tomorrow if you have time to come and visit me. You might see more of these pictures. Then we will know that Plan A has failed, I am still on the farm and Plan B is being trundled out into the drive. That’s OK though. Plan B is not too terrible but it would include missing…
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Keep those balls in the air, magic is brewing!
The package (my urgent passport renewal application) has landed in the United Kingdom and at 9.13 London time it was delivered to the New Zealand Passport Office. Thank you FedEx! So we have gained HALF a day. I just spoke to a lovely New Zealand girl in London and they are going to try and get…
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A highly strung Sow
Good morning. There is always a day once in a while when I struggle for words. Today is such a day. I sit in my study, listening to the three dogs and four cats stir as they shuffle about exchanging places on the verandah, waiting for the day to start with my appearance. The chorus…
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Is this your hat?
Boo the Savage is the great returner of found objects. The Verandah is a litter of interesting finds, like a little boys pockets but with a canine influence. I forgot to tell you yesterday that Queenie (who would not look at you for a photograph) was bred by The Lady Vet on Sunday. Easily too…
The Kitchen's Garden 